Documentary

Ralph Zavadil's cable access television show, the Cap'n Video Show, ran from 1990 to 1995, spawning a small but loyal cult following. Each week Ralph performed a series of idiotic and occasionally dangerous stunts, challenging the sensibilities of his...

Route One / Usa DVD

Directed by Primetime Emmy Award winner Cory Taylor and narrated by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons, "The Power of the Powerless" explores Czechoslovakia's legacy of communist rule and the struggle against it: From the iron-fisted Stalinist government...

This powerful documentary follows the world's most influential video artist Bill Viola and his wife and close collaborator Kira Perov over a twelve-year period as they undertake and complete the installation of two permanent video works, Mary and...

George: Story Of George Maciunas & Fluxus (2018) DVD

Il Trovatore was always one of Herbert von Karajan's favourite operas. He conducted it at the very beginning of his career and his first studio recording in 1956 was made in Milan with Callas, Maria and Giuseppe di Stefano, but his Trovatore really made

The oratorio, which is dedicated to the creation of the world as it is described in the Book of Genesis, is considered to be one of the most important vocal works from Joseph Haydn. In this performance the international acclaimed tenor Peter Schreier cond

For more than 30 years the Spanish soprano Pilar Lorengar has been an all-around admired and beloved star at the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. The documentary by Arturo M?ndiz not only follows her artistic career but also tells the story of an unb

When Alice Guy-Blach? completed her first film in 1896 Paris, she was not only the first female filmmaker, but one of the first directors ever to make a narrative film. Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blach? follows her rise from Gaumont...

Woman Who Loves Giraffes (2019) DVD

The Penguin Cafe OrchestraUnder it's leader and composer Simon Jeffes, this ensemble has been making it's own idiosyncratic brand of music since the mid-1970s, drawing on classical and avant-garde sources, as well as pop, folk and ethnic forms, with...

Over the past 16 years, an extraordinary group of musicians has come together to celebrate the universal power of music. Named for the ancient trade route linking Asia, Africa and Europe, The Silk Road Ensemble, an international collective created by...